Improvement in devices for drying lace curtains



L. NOLAN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIGE.

LAWRENCE NOLAN, OF NEV YORK, Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FORv DRVING LACE CURTAINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,010, dated July 14, 1874; application tiled March 13, 1874. i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAWRENCE NOLAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Drying Lace Curtains; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, making a part ot' this specification.

My invention has for its object to make an apparatus by which means lacecurtains may be dried after having been washed, and at the same time are made perfectly smooth and even.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination ot' a novel and peculiar joint in the cross-bars ot' my drying apparatus with the uprights, the whole being so constructed and arranged that the apparatus may be readily taken apart and put aside when not in use.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure I represents a side elevation of my invention. Fig. II represents an enlarged tigure of the coupling that secures the sections ot' the cross-bars; also the keys that hold them together. Fig. III shows the edge of Fig. Il, showing the dovetail that receives the key.

Letters of like name and kind indicate like parts in each of the figures.

a a represent the legs, which may be made in any suitable form so as to form a proper base for the support ot' the apparatus; they may also be made of Wood or metal, and ot' any convenient height. A A represent two uprights, that may be made ot' wood or metal, ot' suitable height and thickness. These uprights or posts are secured to the feet or base a a, and are provided with holes fit', for the purpose of receiving'pins which pass through the cross-bars B B, and also through the holes in the posts, and thus keep the bars in proper position. These bars B B pass through mortises or long slots in the uprights, that are much longer than the bar is Wide, which allows the bars to be changed or moved up and down, so as to be adjusted to any-sized curtain. The csossbars are also provided with holes, so that the distance between the uprights may be changed to accommodate itselt' to any width ot' curtain. The crossbars B B are made in transverse sections and secured together by means ot' a metallic joint, O. This joint is also made in sections, one ot' which is secured rigidly to one section ot' the bar and the other part of thejoint to the other section ot' the bar. coupling' or joint is made with a tongue, D, aboutone-third ot' the width of the coupling, which is made to t into a corresponding slot made in the other section of the coupling. At the inner end ot' this tongue D, is a hook, G, made in form as shown in Fig. IlI. The slot bifnrcates the metal plate which forms one section ot' the coupling, and on each end ot' tlle'prongs I I are similar hooks to that of G, all being' arranged so as to form a seat forthe key J, which holds securely together each section of the bar B. On the uprights and crosslbars are placed four rows ot' small hooks, o o, longitudinally with both uprights and cross-bars, so that four curtains may be placed upon the apparatus and dried at the same time and still be clear of each other.

rlhe advantages of my invention are apparent, irom the fact that such an apparatus has long been needed, especially in hotels and large boarding as well as private houses, where lace curtains frequently have to be done up some suitable apparatus is required for the purpose, the difficulty being that they would shrink out of shape and be wrinkled.v Another advantage ot' my apparatus is, that it can be adjusted to any-sized curtain, and can be readily taken apart and put together again.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States, is-

A drying-frame composed ot the adjustable bars A B, the latter provided with couplingplates O and keys J, substantially as set forth.

LAWRENCE notan.

Witnesses CHAs. ROGERS, JAMES W iLsoN.

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